Meaning of "tender" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TENDER

From Old French tendre, from Latin tener delicate.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TENDER

tender  [ˈtɛndə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TENDER

Tender is a verb and can also act as an adjective.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb tender in English.

WHAT DOES TENDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tender in the English dictionary

The first definition of tender in the dictionary is easily broken, cut, or crushed; soft; not tough. Other definition of tender is easily damaged; vulnerable or sensitive. Tender is also having or expressing warm and affectionate feelings.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TENDER

PRESENT

Present

I tender

you tender

he/she/it tenders

we tender

you tender

they tender

Present continuous

I am tendering

you are tendering

he/she/it is tendering

we are tendering

you are tendering

they are tendering

Present perfect

I have tendered

you have tendered

he/she/it has tendered

we have tendered

you have tendered

they have tendered

Present perfect continuous

I have been tendering

you have been tendering

he/she/it has been tendering

we have been tendering

you have been tendering

they have been tendering

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I tendered

you tendered

he/she/it tendered

we tendered

you tendered

they tendered

Past continuous

I was tendering

you were tendering

he/she/it was tendering

we were tendering

you were tendering

they were tendering

Past perfect

I had tendered

you had tendered

he/she/it had tendered

we had tendered

you had tendered

they had tendered

Past perfect continuous

I had been tendering

you had been tendering

he/she/it had been tendering

we had been tendering

you had been tendering

they had been tendering

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will tender

you will tender

he/she/it will tender

we will tender

you will tender

they will tender

Future continuous

I will be tendering

you will be tendering

he/she/it will be tendering

we will be tendering

you will be tendering

they will be tendering

Future perfect

I will have tendered

you will have tendered

he/she/it will have tendered

we will have tendered

you will have tendered

they will have tendered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been tendering

you will have been tendering

he/she/it will have been tendering

we will have been tendering

you will have been tendering

they will have been tendering

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would tender

you would tender

he/she/it would tender

we would tender

you would tender

they would tender

Conditional continuous

I would be tendering

you would be tendering

he/she/it would be tendering

we would be tendering

you would be tendering

they would be tendering

Conditional perfect

I would have tender

you would have tender

he/she/it would have tender

we would have tender

you would have tender

they would have tender

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been tendering

you would have been tendering

he/she/it would have been tendering

we would have been tendering

you would have been tendering

they would have been tendering

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you tender
we let´s tender
you tender

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to tender

Past participle

tendered

Present Participle

tendering

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «TENDER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «tender» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of tender

aching · affectionate · amorous · benevolent · bid · breakable · bruised · callow · caring · chewable · compassionate · complicated · considerate · dangerous · delicate · difficult · done · edible · emotional · estimate · evocative · extend · feeble · fond · fragile · frail · gentle · give · green · hand in · humane · immature · impressionable · inexperienced · inflamed · irritated · kind · loving · merciful · moving · new · offer · painful · poignant · present · proffer · proposal · propose · put forward · raw · risky · romantic · sensitive · sentimental · soft · softhearted · soppy · sore · submission · submit · succulent · suggest · suggestion · sympathetic · tenderhearted · ticklish · touching · touchy · touchy-feely · tricky · unripe · volunteer · vulnerable · warm · warm-hearted · weak · wet behind the ears · young · youthful

TRANSLATION OF TENDER

Find out the translation of tender to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of tender from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tender» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 温柔的
• Translator English - Spanish: tierno
• English: tender
• Translator English - Hindi: निविदा
• Translator English - Arabic: لَطِيف
• Translator English - Russian: нежный
• Translator English - Portuguese: afável
• Translator English - Bengali: কোমল
• Translator English - French: tendre
• Translator English - Malay: Tender
• Translator English - German: zart
• Translator English - Japanese: 柔らかい
• Translator English - Korean: 부드러운
• Translator English - Javanese: Tender
• Translator English - Vietnamese: mềm
• Translator English - Tamil: ஒப்பந்தம்
• Translator English - Marathi: निविदा
• Translator English - Turkish: hassas
• Translator English - Italian: tenero
• Translator English - Polish: czuły
• Translator English - Ukrainian: ніжний
• Translator English - Romanian: tandru
• Translator English - Greek: τρυφερός
• Translator English - Afrikaans: tender
• Translator English - Swedish: ömtålig
• Translator English - Norwegian: mør

10 QUOTES WITH «TENDER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tender.

1

Isabelle Adjani

Passion is all but soft, it's not tender, it's violence to which you get hooked by pleasure.

2

Chris Van Allsburg

The Dick, Jane, and Spot primers have gone to that bookshelf in the sky. I have, in some ways, a tender feeling toward them, so I think it's for the best.

3

Rick Bass

I think a novelist must be more tender with living or 'real' people. The moral imperative of having been entrusted with their story looms before you every day, in every sentence.

4

Saint Bernard

Christian, learn from Christ how you ought to love Christ. Learn a love that is tender, wise, strong; love with tenderness, not passion, wisdom, not foolishness, and strength, lest you become weary and turn away from the love of the Lord.

5

Ugo Betti

If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame.

6

Harsha Bhogle

Sometimes, quite out of the blue, sport will throw up a tender moment, when hostility ceases and an opponent is acknowledged.

7

Christian Nestell Bovee

Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness. The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves.

8

Julia Margaret Cameron

From the first moment I handled my lens with a tender ardour.

9

Jessica Capshaw

My heart gets very tender when it comes to playing someone who has wronged someone else. I almost feel like it's easier for me to play having been wronged than it is to actually feel like you had an active part in hurting someone.

10

George Washington Carver

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TENDER»

Discover the use of tender in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tender and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Tender Buttons: Objects, Food, Rooms

Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons: Objects, Food, Rooms from 1914 is a poetic exploration of words - clustered, juxtaposed, redefined and played off one another - to subterfuge their common meanings, which Stein felt had become watered down, ...

Gertrude Stein, 2009

Tender Violence: Domestic Visions in an Age of U.S. Imperialism

Examines the work of such female photojournalists as Alice Austen, Jessie Tarbox Beals, and Frances Benjamin Johnston, arguing that they produced images that helped to reinforce the imperialistic ideals that were forming at the beginning of ...

Laura Wexler, 2000

Many Tender Ties: Women in Fur-trade Society, 1670-1870

In this book, the fur trade is examined not simply as an economic activity but as a social and cultural complex that was to survive for nearly two centuries.

Sylvia Van Kirk, 1983

The Tender Cut: Inside the Hidden World of Self-injury

Long considered a suicidal gesture, The Tender Cut argues instead that self-injury is often a coping mechanism, a form of teenage angst, an expression of group membership, and a type of rebellion, converting unbearable emotional pain into ...

Patricia A. Adler, Peter Adler, 2011

Twenty-first-century Readings of Tender is the Night

Bringing together established Fitzgerald scholars from the United Kingdom, Europe and North America, this collection offers eleven new readings of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1934 novel, Tender is the Night.

William Blazek, Laura Rattray, 2007

Tender

Tender is the story of the Dax family.

Mark Illis, 2009

Tender At The Bone

' Her deliciously crafted memoir, Tender at the Bone, is the story of a life determined, enhanced, and defined in equal measure by a passion for food, unforgettable people and the love of tales well told.

Ruth Reichl, 2011

A Tender Voyage: Children and Childhood in Late Imperial China

A Tender Voyage is the first full-length study of the history of childhood and children's lives in late imperial China.

Ping-Chen Hsiung, 2007

Tender

In a city full of fast talk, hard sell and chance encounters, how much faith can we put in other people?

Abi Morgan, 2001

The Tender Heart: Conquering Your Insecurity

The first book to investigate insecurity, The Tender Heart sheds light on its common causes and provides guidelines for overcoming the self-doubt, debilitating self-consciousness, and chronic lack of confidence that prevent many people from ...

Joseph Nowinski, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TENDER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tender is used in the context of the following news items.

What KFC's DNA Test Revealed About Customer's Claim That …

In a Facebook post, the customer, who identified himself as Devorise Dixon, 25, wrote: "I went to KFC and [bought] a 3 [piece] chicken tender! As I bit into a piece ... «ABC News, Jun 15»

Browns safety Tashaun Gipson signs contract tender

CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns Pro Bowl safety Tashaun Gipson signed his one-year contract tender and will report to mandatory mini-camp next week. Gipson ... «USA TODAY, Jun 15»

Teva to further increase stake in Mylan ahead of possible tender offer

Israeli drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is looking to raise its stake in rival Mylan, which had trumped its takeover bid. Reuters, citing people familiar ... «International Business Times UK, Jun 15»

AIG Announces Final Results of Its Tender Offer

As previously announced, the early participation date for the tender offer was 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 30, 2015. The complete terms of the ... «Business Wire, Apr 15»

Tony Jerod-Eddie signs 49ers exclusive rights free agent tender

The San Francisco 49ers announced that defensive tackle Tony Jerod-Eddie signed his exclusive rights free agent tender. The team originally tendered him a ... «Niners Nation, Apr 15»

Australia kicks off $39 billion submarine tender

Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) and France's state-controlled naval contractor DCNS have both expressed interest in the tender and said ... «Reuters, Mar 15»

Derrick Shelby gets second-round tender in Miami

Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald reports that defensive end Derrick Shelby is getting a second-round tender from the team. The move ensures Shelby will ... «NBCSports.com, Mar 15»

Browns use second-round tender on RFA Tashaun Gipson

They also used the second-round RFA tender of $2.356 million on linebacker Craig Roberson, and the lower $1.542 million tender on special teamer Johnson ... «NBCSports.com, Mar 15»

Jets tender restricted free agents Damon Harrison, Jaiquawn Jarrett …

Teams aren't allowed to tender two restricted free agents in the same round in the same year. Even though Jarrett was originally drafted in the second round, the ... «NJ.com, Mar 15»

VimpelCom Amsterdam B.V. announces cash tender offer for certain …

VimpelCom Amsterdam B.V. (the "Company") announced today that it commenced a cash tender offer (the "Offer") for up to U.S.$2,100,000,000 aggregate ... «PR Newswire, Mar 15»